The Best Reason Not To Put On Dog Fights

[chezlaw]

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It's strange David, because I'm not really sure if I should agree with you or disagree with you. Certainly it's not the Best Reason Not to Put on Dog Fights. Can it be? You are speaking of negative politeness. If it's not to much trouble to you I'd like to burn a $100 bill, have dogs fight, or wear my lucky shirt. But there are other types of politeness. Politeness that regards the relationship being strong enough to withstand acts that would normally be considered impolite. I think the 2nd has more value. For example, your post about showing a friend that you cared about him, by cheating a business asscociate is of the 2nd type is of politeness. I'm not sure that you can ethically steal to be polite, but I would have posted in the thread if it was terrible wrong. I think what you are trying to say is that if there was no other reason to not put on Dog fights you probably still shouldn't as good manners. And that's a true statement, hence "best". Best because even if everything else wasn't true it would still be a valid reason. I will just assume that "Best" is just grandiose typical sklansky, and say good post .

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Yes, if by 'best reason' DS means 'one possible reason' then good post.

chez

[/ QUOTE ] Yes, I sure hope there is not much more than that. I'm not sure he made any claim different. I don't believe he has stated that it's a good enough reason to not do something simply because it would upset others. It appears that he is stating that if you only gain a mild pleasure from something, not a small increase in pleasure over an alternative, you should not do it if it causes terrible displeasure to others. I much more prefer the other type of politeness, but many people prefer negative politeness. David used the term best, so it could be grandiose or he believes it's a trump card of sorts. Dog fights can only produce mild pleasure, It's impolite negatively to hold dog fights. I still believe that negative politeness isn't as important as positive politeness. In this case it's "I understand you value dog fights, I'm aware of your desire to have freedom in business." So politeness isn't a very good reason as it works both ways. But if we only consider negative politeness he has a point.

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You're very polite [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

chez